Continuing education is an all-encompassing term within a broad spectrum of post-secondary learning activities and programs. The term is used mainly in the United States and Canada. Recognized forms of post-secondary learning activities within the domain include: degree credit courses by non-traditional students, non-degree career training, workforce training, formal personal enrichment courses (both on-campus and online) self-directed learning (such as through Internet interest groups, clubs or personal research activities) and experiential learning as applied to problem solving.
Cnam Liban is the first and unique university in Lebanon dedicated to adult and continuing education.
The Cnam Liban stress on lifelong learning for everyone, by everyone we mean age, economic status, capabilities,...
Lifelong learning is the continuous building of skills and knowledge throughout the life of an individual.
It occurs through experiences encountered in the course of a lifetime. These experiences could be formal (training, counseling, tutoring, mentorship, apprenticeship, higher education, etc.) or informal (autodidacticism, life experience, etc.) Lifelong learning, also known as LLL, is the "lifelong, voluntary, and self-motivated" pursuit of knowledge for either personal or professional reasons. As such, it not only enhances social inclusion, active citizenship and personal development, but also competitiveness and employability.Lifelong Learning is the provision or use of both formal and informal learning opportunities throughout people's lives in order to foster the continuous development and improvement of the knowledge and skills needed for employment and personal fulfillment.
It shares mixed connotations with other educational concepts such as Adult Education, Training, Continuing Education, Permanent Education and other terms that relate to learning beyond the formal educational system. In the African context, Lifelong Learning may refer to an individual's continuous acquisition of knowledge and skills over time and the ability to pass them on to others in a manner that is understood. The ability to pass this knowledge and skills on from one person to another is very important.Nearly 4000 people enrol each year in our professional and management development programmes. 3500 students are currently studying for undergraduate, graduate or engineering degrees. Among the 1000 people employed by "the Cnam Liban" 17 are full-time professors or researchers. 700 associate professors or professionals teach at the Cnam Lebanon.
As is the case for all higher education institutions, the Cnam also has a mission to undertake research projects. The Cnam employs 25 recognised research teams and 290 teaching researchers assisted by research engineers and technicians.
As a major scientific institution, the Cnam Liban has a mission to raise awareness of scientific and technological culture and to give everyone an access to knowledge through its rich and varied resources.
Supervised by the Lebanese University and The Cnam Paris, the Cnam Libanon is a semi-Public Scientific, Cultural and Professional Institution.
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